by Keith Broomfield | Nov 6, 2019 | Wildlife
Dusk is falling upon Strathdevon; the ground is hard from the cold autumn chill and as I make my way along the riverbank a steady flow of rooks and jackdaws swirl above me on tumbling wings as they head to their night-time roost on the wooded ridge. I stop for a while...
by Keith Broomfield | Sep 11, 2019 | Wildlife
Sometimes the strangest things happen. I was making my way along the banks of the River Devon by the edge of the Ochils, accompanied by Lottie, our spirited Welsh springer, who trotted ahead, sniffing every nook and cranny as spaniels are so wired to do. Suddenly,...
by Keith Broomfield | Jun 18, 2019 | Wildlife
Oh, what wonderful names – early thorn, nut-tree tussock, flame carpet and scalloped hazel, it is almost as if a poet had conjured their creation. They are, of course, the names of some of our moth species, and all which I have caught in my light-trap in recent weeks....
by Keith Broomfield | May 9, 2019 | Wildlife
My fox-cam came up trumps at the start of May with video footage of the vixen coaxing two of her cubs out the den for one of their first forays into the outside world. There are four cubs in this den and over the next few weeks they will grow rapidly and soon outgrow...
by Keith Broomfield | Apr 15, 2019 | Wildlife
Is there such a thing as a cute insect? Well, yes, there most definitely is because I saw one last week – a bee-fly; a little rotund ‘furry’ beast with an impossibly long proboscis. My garden is a fine place for spotting wildlife – not because it is especially rich in...
